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Thursday, October 11, 2012

My Next Project - Borodino IV Corps

I know a lot of groups out there have been organised to actually play the big battles on their 200th anniversary, but we're a bit slow on the uptake! We usually have our big annual bash in the first weekend after the New Year and this coming year will be a first in that our battle will be a giant encounter battle loosely based on the 1813 campaign, and won't be re-fight of a historical battle with all the associated baggage of pre-conceived ideas and historical precedence. Added to that is the fact that I put my hand up to be C-in-C of the French, so it will be a challenging game to say the least!

After this, we''l be going back to our usual historical re-fights, with Borodino getting the guernsey for 2014. I've put up my hand for IV Corps as I've already painted up units of the Italian Royal Guard. To these I'll be adding some extra figures, as well as a new unit; the Conscripts of the Guard. Then I'll have lots more French line and light infantry to paint, as well as a couple of exotics, namely the 1st Provisional Croat Regiment and the Joseph-Napoleon Regiment; the regiment of Spaniards who missed out on repatriation to Spain from the Baltic coast and found themselves at the other end of Europe fighting for the despoiler of their homeland.

For these, I'll be using HaT's light infantry sets 8219, 8251, 8252 and their trusty (if chunky!) line infantry set 8095. I'll probably use the Italeri French post 1812 infantry and the wonderful Schilling metal figures, though I still haven't decided how to incorporate elites into those units, as the Schilling figures are just fusiliers. I'll probably see how the Italeri elites stack up next to the Schillings once painted.

The experimental conversion of a French chasseur in a previous post is related to this project as well. I'm not sure if I'll be able to go to the expense and trouble of converting 4 regiments' worth of figures or if I'll have to find another option for Bavarian Chevaux-Leger. I might be reduced to buying HaT's Bavarian cavalry, even though they aren't to my taste.

9 comments:

That's the excellent thing about painting up Napoleonic's, you can get strange coloured units on the table at the same time as the normal French uniforms. I'm sure I painted up the Croatian regt for my pal Postie many moons ago, I had a little trouble tracking down their flag, I do recall???

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Too much reading about the Napoleonic period led me to the next step of wargaming it! The onhand reservoir of information at the academic library I work in means I'm a pig in muck where research comes into it. The cost factor was always a hindrance and having a young family meant that I didn't have the time. Now my family are growing up and I have a bit more disposable income, I've discovered the wonderful world of wargaming in 20mm plastic (plus a little bit of lead)!